#BA3938#BA3938

#BA3938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.166 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3938
RGB	rgb(186, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 51.51, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 59.84, 30.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1502 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.166 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4291, 13.6542, 5.1951)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3938 #38B9BA

analogous

#BA3878 #BA3938 #BA7A38

triadic

#BA3938 #38BA39 #3938BA

tetradic

#BA3938 #78BA38 #38B9BA #7A38BA

square

#BA3938 #78BA38 #38B9BA #7A38BA

split-complementary

#BA3938 #38BA7A #3878BA

monochromatic

#5C1C1C #8B2B2A #BA3938 #CF6160 #DD908F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BA3938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BA3938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3938

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3938	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC113A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.166 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6776f',
    500: '#ba3938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3938;
$custom-light: #d6776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53478,
    "c": 0.1658,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3938

secondary

#86C8C8

accent

#DCDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3938

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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